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Miles And Miles. The familiar land mile is 5,280 feet, is called a statute mile, and itâs based on paces. On the other hand, the nautical mile is used for distances on the ocean and doesnât have a tangible equivalent like paces. Itâs a mathematical calculation based on degrees of latitude around the equator. The equator is a circle, which we know has 360 degrees.
Confidence votes 13. A nautical mile (NM) is the distance, of one minute (60 minutes = one degree) of latitude along the Prime Meridian passing through Greenwich, England. Ships at sea used sextants and the stars to determine latitude, so it was easy to measure distance using a unit based on latitude.